Name: Richmond Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Good quality offering of weaned preconditioned feeders in todays sale. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $495.44/cwt on 29 head, up $1.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 21 comparable sales and sits +21.16 against this barn's trailing median of $474.28.

Average price

$495.44

▲ 1.80 vs prior sale

29 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$893

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2-3

$152.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.55

vs KY average

+23.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	502.42	2,713	27
Large 1-2	515	452.50	2,330	1thin
Large 2-3	520	350.00	1,820	1thin

One grade step is worth $152.42/cwt here — about $893 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $506.67, low $384.21, median $474.28 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale29 hd

495.44

—

KY average25 barns · 1,164 hd

466.89

+28.55

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+23.24

This barn, trailing median21 sales

474.28

+21.16

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,727	203.84	3,520	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,483	174.56	2,589	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,040	170.00	1,768	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	142.78	1,590	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	865	$1,700	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,110	$3,100	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,315	$2,760	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,840	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	565	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	646	456.48/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,949	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	420.50/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,590	8
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	426	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	396.25/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	438.72/cwt	437.50–440.00	2,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	352.11/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	497.51/cwt	485.00–505.00	1,612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	303.35/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,312	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	950	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	365.04/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	440.84/cwt	437.50–442.50	1,922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,137	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,471	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,336	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	540	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,066	1
Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	455.04/cwt	452.50–457.50	2,644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	331.87/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,408	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	3,010	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	325.75/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,707	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,387	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	322.41/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,431	13
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	465	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,209	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	525.63/cwt	520.00–526.00	2,765	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	432.47/cwt	422.50–434.00	2,898	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,553	1
Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	475	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	375.75/cwt	370.00–377.50	2,657	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	431	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,338	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	403.70/cwt	395.00–407.50	2,765	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	534.27/cwt	522.50–545.00	2,442	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,363	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	520	465.05/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,418	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	405	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	655	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,440	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	139.95/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,362	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,749	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,335	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,709	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	174.56/cwt	174.00–175.00	2,589	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,927	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,615	1
Bulls	—	—	1,751	211.52/cwt	202.00–224.00	3,704	4
Bulls	—	—	1,695	193.60/cwt	187.00–198.00	3,282	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,760.00/head	2,760.00–2,760.00	2,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	458.41/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,590	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	490.17/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,157	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	488.61/cwt	482.50–495.00	2,248	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	421.18/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	354.64/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,401	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	405	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	414.05/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	475	414.25/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,090	1
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	582	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	435.27/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	392.13/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,290	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,241	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	398.37/cwt	397.50–400.00	2,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	390.00/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Large 2	650–700	690	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,201	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,544	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	370	433.85/cwt	422.50–440.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	875	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,341	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	665	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,195	1

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

Fri Mar 13, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 452Last week 728Year ago 685

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 50Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 13Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Good quality offering of weaned preconditioned feeders in todays sale. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	545.00	545.00
1	300–350	335	560.00	560.00
1	350–400	380	530.00	530.00
1	400–450	435	512.50	512.50
2	450–500	475	502.50	502.50
3	500–550	515	497.50	497.50
7	550–600	581	452.50–457.50	455.04
8	600–650	616	400.00–435.00	420.50
9	650–700	685	395.00–407.50	403.70
13	700–750	707	370.00–377.50	375.75
6	750–800	771	350.00–362.50	352.11
7	800–850	831	320.00–328.00	325.75
4	850–900	854	330.00–337.50	331.87
2	950–1000	995	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	542.50	542.50
16	500–550	526	520.00–526.00	525.63
1	550–600	550	477.50	477.50
103	600–650	646	445.00–457.50	456.48
22	650–700	670	422.50–434.00	432.47
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	465	475.00	475.00
1	500–550	515	452.50	452.50
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	460.00	460.00
4	450–500	462	462.50	462.50
5	500–550	528	442.50	442.50
4	550–600	562	427.50	427.50
4	600–650	624	395.00–400.00	396.25
40	650–700	651	379.50	379.50
29	700–750	700	344.00	344.00
13	750–800	754	319.00–330.00	322.41
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	422.50–440.00	433.85
1	400–450	405	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	475	410.00–417.50	414.25
1	500–550	540	382.50	382.50
1	550–600	565	407.50	407.50
1	650–700	665	330.00	330.00
1	850–900	875	267.50	267.50
1	950–1000	950	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	530.00	530.00
4	300–350	324	485.00–505.00	497.51
3	400–450	436	437.50–442.50	440.84
2	450–500	468	437.50–440.00	438.72
5	500–550	516	405.00–417.50	414.05
8	550–600	584	380.00–405.00	392.13
3	600–650	630	360.00–370.00	365.04
13	650–700	677	345.00–360.00	354.64
1	700–750	730	300.00	300.00
3	750–800	762	300.00–310.00	303.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	430.00–440.00	435.27
1	350–400	370	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	420	422.50	422.50
1	450–500	490	422.50	422.50
3	500–550	513	397.50–400.00	398.37
1	550–600	550	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	582	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	370	380.00–400.00	390.00
1	400–450	410	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	570	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	575.00	575.00
1	400–450	415	540.00	540.00
4	450–500	457	522.50–545.00	534.27
3	550–600	565	450.00–470.00	458.41
4	600–650	630	412.50–427.50	421.18
1	650–700	665	382.50	382.50
1	700–750	720	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	790	312.50	312.50
1	850–900	875	270.00	270.00
1	950–1000	955	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	405	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	520	460.00–470.00	465.05
1	650–700	655	372.50	372.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	500.00	500.00
2	400–450	440	475.00–505.00	490.17
2	450–500	460	482.50–495.00	488.61
1	700–750	745	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	540	407.50	407.50
3	650–700	663	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	138.00–142.00	139.95
2	—	1,143	153.00	153.00
1	—	1,335	128.00	128.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,483	174.00–175.00	174.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	176.00	176.00
1	—	985	164.00	164.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,751	202.00–224.00	211.52
3	—	1,695	187.00–198.00	193.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	3,100.00	3,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,315	2,760.00	2,760.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,110	3,100.00	3,100.00

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards - Richmond, KY

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